Kenting, South Taiwan

From Taroko we headed to the southern Taiwan beach town of Kenting via train and bus.  Kenting is a sunny town with a row of guest houses and an awesome night market.  This town had more of a touristy feel than Hualien, the city we based ourselves in for our Taroko visit.

We visited the beach in Kenting but the waves were too high to swim in, so we played frisbee until sunset instead, followed by a trip to the night market for some snacking of course!  We ended up staying up late our first night in Kenting, and the only place that was open was a bar.  We wandered in and then found out quickly it was a gay bar complete with lady boys dancing around, oops!  Haha... they were pretty nice and entertaining though!

In Kenting we rented motorbikes again for a beautiful drive along a coastal highway to Jialeshui, the top surfing beach in the area.  The road had hardly any traffic on it, and was unbelievably scenic.  We stopped off at a few lookout points including a place called Longpan Park for amazing views of the land and sea.

Upon reaching Jialeshui, we were hesitant since there were no people on the beach and only a few surfers in the water.  Where was everyone?  Turns out, it isn't summer yet in Taiwan so it was the shoulder season for surfing, but that didn't stop Alex who rented a surfboard and caught some waves with the local surfers.  It was special to have a beach like that nearly all to ourselves.